The Mosquito
Ed. 5
August 10th
My First Year At Camp
By Edoardo Miccio
Farewell, Summer 2016!
Goodness. What a ride it has been. It
seems like just yesterday we were opening
the ‘Pape for the first time this year, and
getting ready to publish the famous
Mosquito. But you know what they
say…time flies when you’re having fun.
And boy, have we had fun. From solving a
terribly frightening mystery and catching a
muddy lamb to laughing up a storm on a
daily basis, we have fun here. We have
fun. It’s time again to pack our bags, lock
up, and count down the days until next
summer. We were here to report the news
and chew bubble gum. And guess what.
We’re out of both of them.
This year was my first time here at camp, so when I
was on the bus I was a bit scared, because I don’t
know English very well, and it was my first time in a
camp out of Italy. Fortunately, I met some campers
my age on the bus, who are my best friends here.
After the first two days, I began to love the camp
and will stay here forever. I like all my activities, and
I learned to play many sports that we don’t have in
Italy, like baseball, wakeboard, and American
football. All the staff here are great; they’re really
good at teaching you how to do the activities, and
they’re always nice to campers. I was also really
happy with the cabin, as it’s the biggest in camp
and the people in it are really nice and funny. I
really enjoyed cabin activities and talking with my
cabin mates before going to sleep. The food is also
really good! My favourite activities are
Wakeboarding, Woodworking, Soccer, and Off-Site
Golf. I also love swimming during O&A. I really hope
to come back next year, because I really think that
in this camp there is always something new to
experience.
Xoxo
Julie and Seth
(Gossip Girls)
2016 Hippo Golf Winners
BREAKING NEWS!
CAMP ELECTION 2016
Another summer has passed, and another
exhilarating season of Hippo Golf has
wrapped up. Below is a list of the 2016
Hippo Golf Champions.
LOG NAMED PRESIDENT OF CAMP
MANITOU
Seth Davis
Shayla Swartz
Benny Barish
Julie Foster
Ethan Whitcher
Madeleine Katz
Dylan Gotlieb
It’s big, it’s heavy, it’s wood.
It’s President.
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Community Week Update
Poem #5
By Emma Kimya
At Camp Manitou, we do something very special
second session called Community Week. During this
week, activities, units, and cabins work together to
raise money for a charity. This year, Camp Manitou
and Manitou Cares has chosen to donate to the
Amani Home. For more than 15 years, the Amani
Home has dedicated itself to showing compassion
for the vulnerable street children of Tanzania. In
2001, three Tanzanians took a two-bedroom house
and created a home for 6 young children who had
no hope. Since then, it has grown with love from
help from around the world. They have created a
family unification program to re-unite orphans with
their families, a non-formal education program to
train children for sustainable incomes, and they
have instituted basic health services to treat the
children. As a home, it stands on six core values: be
an example, love, the pursuit of excellence,
dedication, integrity, and collaboration. Amani
means “peace” in Swahili, truly representing the
beacon of hope that the Amani Home provides to so
many.
Campers and staff have been participating in fun
challenges and programs that will raise money for
this great cause. Some events have been the
Danceathon at Radio, the Newspaper Olympics, the
________ and many more! It’s a great way to all get
involved and to give back.
Thinking about what no one else wants to hear,
As the leaves fall to the ground,
Thinking about what others fear,
Pattering rain, the only sound.
Thinking about things that should change,
As the snow falls to the ground,
Sometime the word feels like a range,
Where you are the only target to be found.
Thinking about what others can do,
As the flowers grow,
Maybe you can do them, too,
I wish I could know.
Thinking about who we are,
As the sun shines bright,
I wish I could see so far,
Everything seems out of sight.
Cultural Section
Laos
By Zephyr Hyman
A lot of people ask me where I come from. It’s a
difficult question: I live in Laos. Laos is a little
country in South-East Asia, next to Vietnam and
Cambodia. Over there the weather
is…ummm…hot and….humid. Very humid. The
country is less rich than Canada, and it’s when I
come to Canada that I see the difference
between Canadian kids and Lao kids. Most Lao
kids play on the dirt roads and with what they
can find. Fill a plastic bag with leaves and it
gives you a soccer ball. Take an empty CocaCola can and fill it with sand, and it gives you a
maraca and so on and so on… But they’re happy
with what they have, so the standard
expectations are totally different between the
two countries. Most people say, “Oh they live in
misery…they’re unhappy.” So, first of all, NO!
It’s a poor country, but people have enough to
eat, to drink, and (in most cases) education. So,
I’m happy in this country, and it might be poor,
but it’s not poor in happiness.
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Some Thoughts
From the Mind of Cora
FILM SECTION
Movie Reviews
By Henry Freedlander
Banana
I’m a banana. Are you? NO YOU’RE NOT!
Because I’M a banana.
#bananaforpresident
Sharknado
Sharknado is a mistake. Nothing more,
probably something less. Terribly unfunny,
dribble…who thought this movie was a good
idea? Awful! I would rather sit through
Thursday morning Flagpole.
Waffles
Do you like wafffes? Yeah we like waffles.
Do you like pancakes? Yeah we like
pancakes. Do you like French toast? Yeah
we like French toast.
Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo. Who’s getting
waffles?
Waffles! (Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
doo)
Waffles! (Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
doo)
Waffles! (Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
doo)
Waffles! (Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
doo)
Teen Beach Movie
What a mediocre film. It’s okay, I guess. The
dancing was awful, but Ivanka is an okay
actress. Movie could use some work. Nothing
compared to Shark Tale.
Gnomeo and Juliet
Gnomeo and Juliet is a masterpiece. Probably
better than Titanic (which I reviewed (very
positive)). Gnomeo and Juliet is a film like no
other. However, the 1989 Oscars failed to
recognize this masterpiece. Sandy Foster, please
do this as the Major Theatre production in 2017.
Please.
There Is A Hole In My Sock
By Max Mandel
Why? Why has this burden been placed
upon me by the Sock Gods? Why am I
being punished!? WHAT DID I DO TO
DESERVE THIS FATE!? Why is there this
terrible thing happening in my sock? My
feet desire a happy, introverted life.
They do not want to be thrust into the
open, dangerous world because of this
cursed hole. Please….donate to my poor
foot. I beg of you. We only need $ 2,
000, 000, 000. Call 1-800-666-SOCK
today.
The Cat in the Hat
The Cat in the Hat is a spectacle of film.
Matching the creative arts of costuming and
acting, this film is a beauty. With expert
comedy, beautiful narrative, and an everstellar cast of all-stars…it’s fantastic. The lead,
Mike Myers, famous cereal killer, plays the Cat
in the Hat, while Matt Brundage and Julie
Foster play the fish. This is my final review.
Thank you. Enjoy lunch.
#SaveMax’sSock
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The Story of the Lost Table
By Dylan Gotlieb
My Counselors
By Edoardo Miccio
One day, I built a table—week one, day two—and
left it at Woodworking to dry. When I went into
Woodworking today, four weeks later, I was looking
through the “in process” projects, and I found my
table that I build four weeks prior. Me and my table
are reunited.
I think that being a counselor here at camp is
both nice and difficult. Counselors can go to
activities with campers, plan cabin activities,
and stay in a wonderful place for two months,
but they also have the responsibility of all
campers in their cabin, and they have to make
sure nothing goes wrong.
I think my counselors are great, they
always let you do what you want in and out of
the cabin, except for things that break camp
rules, of course. I really enjoy when we play the
freeze game at meals, and they try to make us
move by dropping water, ketchup, or hot sauce
on us. Yesterday we had cabin activity and they
planned some really nice games, like hide and
go seek in the woods.
I think that my counselors are the best here at
Manitou.
Question of the Day
Here at The Mosquito we ask the tough
questions, and so every day we ask every
period a Question of the Day. This week we
asked some thinkers! Below are some of the
week’s questions and answers.
Monday August 1st
Q: Orange juice…yes or no?
A: Yes---8, No---9
Tuesday August 2nd
Q: What do you want for Christmas?
A: Kraft Dinner™, a Menorah, a lotta Lego™, a
hippopotamus, a drum set, a pink pony with
rainbows and it’s a princess pony and it knows
my name.
Newspaper Olympics
Just like the rest of Camp Manitou, here at
Newspaper we are also participating in
Community Week, so that we can donate
even more money to the Amani Home.
Our campers here at The Mosquito
competed in the grueling Newspaper
Olympics as their contribution, and we
raised money and awareness for Community
Week.
Some events included a Writing
Relay, Ten Word Articles, Drawing With Your
Non-Dominant Hand, Writing With Your Eyes
Closed, and the 1 Minute and 30 Second
Sprints.
After two intense days of the
Olympics, the Newspaper campers and staff
were proud of what they had achieved, and
hope that other activities participating in
Community Week are feeling this way, too!
Wednesday August 3rd
Q: Tell me your life story in five words.
A: -I love pigs dude, yeah.
-Toronto, moving, friends, school, creative.
-“Life story” in five words.
-I am Ruby Plume. Ha.
-Good cream cheese. No regrets.
-Not very interesting at all.
-Anti-social, awkward, weirdo, spaghetti,
potato.
-No, I am your father.
Friday August 5th
Q: What do you think the World Games teams
will be?
A: Italy vs Greece, Wales vs Bahamas,
Denmark vs Belarus, Philippines vs Brazil,
Greece vs Brazil, Greece vs Albania, Canada vs
U.S.A.
Sunday August 6th
Q: If you could travel to outer space, would
you?
A: Yes---7, No---10
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An Article, Finally
By Sophie Gold
A Camper’s Essential Handy 4-Day Meal
Planner
By Anna Aber and Max Mandel
I need to write an article. I really do. “Why do you
need to write an article?” you may ask. Well, long
story short, I’ve been in Newspaper all summer and I
haven’t written anything to be published yet. I’m
starting to feel a little guilty. All I do is play cards,
draw in colouring books, and play Mafia with
Freshkids. Don’t get me wrong, that’s a lot of fun.
Enough fun that I’ve been doing it all summer, but I
feel like I’m not living up to my full Newspaper
potential. Like I actually should be writing. I feel like
many of you are in the same position as me, and
that’s okay. The first step is to admit that you have a
problem and should write something. I know that I
did and, hey, I’m even writing an article right now!
This is my article. I have written it. I am done.
Goodbye.
Sunday
Breakfast: Sandy Foster’s hat
Lunch: All of the newly printed schedules
Dinner: Outdoor dinner is cancelled
again!
Monday
Breakfast: Spooky Halloween French
Toast
Lunch: Scoopy Halloween Spook Lunch
Dinner: Spooky Halloween Breadsticks
Tuesday
Breakfast: Chocolate-covered plastic
bags
Lunch: Pizza, finally
Dinner: The entire Hamilton soundtrack
The Last Mosquito
By Ella Eisenstat
The last edition of The Mosquito newspaper will
be distributed on August 10th, 2016. Wow. A
WHOLE summer of Mosquitoes. Not the
mosquitoes that bite you and are useless (at
least I think), but the wonderful Camp Manitou
newspaper. Hundreds of articles, interviews,
polls, stories, and more were out into this
newspaper. I wasn’t here for first session, but I
think the Newspaper has had a pretty great
summer!
Wednesday
Breakfast: The lemon from Julie Foster’s
water bottle
Lunch: The newspaper
Dinner: Herman the Worm
Did You Know?
-The Lost City of Atlantis is located in Lake Manitou-Wabing. It’s not lost at all.
-Tom Hanks was the 32nd President of the United States of America.
-The Lord of the Rings film trilogy is a documentary, but Middle Earth sure looks a lot like New
Zealand.
-One fish, two fish, (roses are) red fish, (violets are) blue fish.
-The Hamburgler is actually first cousins with actor Robert DeNiro.
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Quiz!
What Colour Are You?
By Lisa Fireman
A Recap!
By Mitchell Allen
Have you
ever seen
a rainbow?
Yes
No
Do you like
Skittles?
Do you like
burnt
marshmallows?
Yes
No
Yes
No
Tiger or
leopard?
Tiger
Rainbow:
You are
majestic like
a unicorn.
Green: You
are a lucky
leprechau
n.
Leopard
Orange:
You are
fierce!
Black: Burnt
marshmallows
are yummy
and good like
you.
White: White
reminds me
of
snowflakes…
unique like
you.
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Holy cow! Is it already the last
edition of The Mosquito for
2016 and the end of the
summer?! It sure is! That was a
rhetorical question! I’ve tried
almost all of the activities in
camp…but I’ll have to come
back next summer to try more!
I can’t wait to show my mom
and dad all the cool things I’ve
made this summer, but I sure
will miss it here! Some of the
highlights of my summer were
getting up on the rope in
Wakeboard (thanks Avery and
Grammer!), learning to play
the bass (thanks Luis!), singing
in Oliver (thanks Sandy and
Ben!), and participating in
Tribal Games! Go Lactose!
Milk! Dairy! Oops…got a little
carried away there! I’m really
excited for World Games….I
bet the countries are
Zimbabwe and Wales! I’m 1/8th
Welsh! I also can’t wait for Fire
and Shadows! It’s the end of
the summer, so it must be
soon! Well, thanks for another
great summer, Manitou! Until
next year, this is Mitchell Allen
signing off!
What Do You Think About
Donkeys?
By Marlo Barish and Ashley Swartz
Reporters Marlo and Ashley were
curious to hear camper and staff
opinions on donkeys. Below are the
results!
Andy: They are brown and ugly.
Cute and donkeylicious.
Emma: They make weird noises and
are very interesting animals.
Jamie: Horses are better than
donkeys!
Newspaper Mad Libs
By Sam Kaplun
Newspaper is a very ________ activity where you ______
(adjective)
(verb)
and _____ __________. The Newspaper __________, Julie, and
(verb) (adverb)
(plural noun)
_______ are incredibly ___________ and they will _______
(name)
(adjective)
(adverb)
______ for you. The Newspaper building is located near
(verb)
_____________ and _________________. You’ll know
(fake activity)
(another fake activity)
Newspaper when you see it because of the ubiquitous
Stacey and Talia: Horses are better
than donkeys, but donkeys are slow
and make funny noises. I don’t like
them, actually I do….why am I
doing this….
Marlowe: They are funny.
__________ and ___________. Come to Newspaper Day 2,
(plural noun)
(plural noun)
Period 3, and Day ____, Period ____, when Seth is ____________
(#)
(#)
(verb ending in ‘ing’)
so you can ________, and so you can write articles for Manitou’s
(verb)
Ella: Pinocchio.
Drew: (silence)
newspaper, The ____________________.
(fake newspaper name)
I Love Newspaper
By Lea Leonce
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One day I came to Newspaper, and I got a total relief! This
activity made me feel good. It was very inviting and
naturalistic. I wanna be on level White: Newsie. I guess I
am! Yay!!!
I love Newspaper, knowing you will read my story.
I feel good!
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WOW!
By Leah Weiss
A Whole Bunch of Polls!
By Jon Wolfson
Wow how the summer has gone by. It feels
like I just got off the bus at the end of June.
First Session went by in a flash. World Game
is so close. Who is excited!?
Red Apple: 5
Green Apple: 3
Peach: 6
Plum: 1
Banana
By Erin Herzstein
Peach: 3
Red Apple: 4
Banana has two legs. Nope just kidding.
Banana has a stuffy nose. Never mind,
that’s unlikely. Banana is big, no banana is
small. Banana is short, no banana is tall.
Banana is someone, yet banana isn’t just
anyone. Banana eats food, but banana is
food. Banana isn’t orange, nor blue, nor
green. Banana is the colour of the yellow
submarine. Banana isn’t slimy or sticky or
hard or rough or tough or weak or brave
or cowardly or smart or strange or
luxurious or hasty. Banana is just banana.
Banana is tasty.
Banana: 4
Red Apple: 3
Banana: 3
Cookie: 4
Cookie: 4
Crumble: 2
Cookie: 1
Cake: 4
Soccer In Italy
By Edoardo Miccio
Cake: 2
Candy: 5
Soccer is the most popular sport in Italy. Everybody
likes it and supports a team of the championship.
The Italian championship has 20 teams from the
whole country. I’m a Roma supporter, as I live in
Rome. I like going to the stadium to see games or
watching them on the TV with friends.
People in Italy don’t just watch soccer
games, but they like playing soccer with friends or
on a low-level team. People often meet in parks or
soccer fields to have a game, and that is really fun.
I’ve been playing soccer with friends since I
was really young, and last year I used to meet my
friends once a week to always play. So, if you want
to understand what supporting a soccer team is
like, or how important soccer is in my country, then
come to Italy!
Candy: 4
Candy Apple: 3
Candy: 1
Chocolate: 7
Chocolate: 4
Banana Split: 2
Chocolate: 2
Your Favourite Food: 4
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What’s In Elton John’s Bellybutton This
Year?
By Lexi Grossman, with help from Max Gross
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Sugar Cereal
By Sam Kaplun and Henry Freedlander
Once upon a time, Elton John was on the
couch watching TV, his favourite show,
Teletubbies.
“Elton, I’m home!” yelled Mrs. John, carrying
a big bag of Freezies. “Oh good, I’m starving!
Can I have a Freezie?” “Sure!” she said.
Elton John ate his Freezie really fast,
dripping it everywhere, even in his
bellybutton. “Elton, why is there Freezie juice
in your bellybutton? How do you always
manage to get things in there?” That’s when
Elton said, “I’m saving it for later, Mom!”
A Freshkid girl wins sugar cereal on the birthday
wheel. Chris changes it to Triple Tuck. Does this not
make one question the very existence of such an
outlandish “prize?” As the people of Manitou face
the greatest existential crisis since Fire and
Shadows, we hang in the balance between good and
evil. We must rally together and ensure that life and
harmony once again reign our glorious camp.
What would you want on the Birthday Wheel
instead of Sugar Cereal?
Until next year!
S’mores and Campfire, Baking with Shelley, Another
Your Choice, Movie Review with Henry, New Shoes,
Throw A Director in the Lake, Time with Camp Dogs,
Spin Again, Town Food, Slip ‘n’ Slide, Normal Cereal.
Part 4 coming in 2017!
Interview with Seth
Window
By Jonah Kaplun
Q: Seth, if you had a mullet, how would you
feel about yourself?
A: Nervous.
A window is a window. They come in many
shapes and sizes. You will see them in your
dreams, but not in a tree-house, because a
tree-house is too small and too cool. Imagine
a flying window, mostly you would see a
window but into a building. But you could
have one of the windows pulling the building
up in the sky. Window is glass so don’t throw
a ball at it, you little monkeys. Windows help
you see through ways. Windows are weird,
just like walls are.
Q: What about Newspaper makes you laugh?
A: The yuks.
Q: If you couldn’t be on Newspaper, what
activity would you not want to be on?
A: The vagabond activity, guitar.
Q: What is your opinion on the band, Panic!
At the Disco?
A: (Shrug)
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Interview with Julie
By Sam Drimmer
Q: How old are you?
A: 21, turning 22 in November.
Q: What’s your favourite camp meal?
A: Thursday buffet.
Q: What’s your favourite camp activity?
A: Newspaper.
Q: Who is your favourite male activity?
A: My father.
Q: Do you have a Nepal World Games shirt?
A: Yes, but it’s tiny because it was from when I was 7.
Q: Are you a lost boy from Neverland?
A: I don’t think so.
Q: What was your favourite unit to be a camper on?
A: C.I.T.
Q: What’s your favourite candy from the Tuck Shop?
A: Kit Kat™
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Newspaper
By Dylan Gotlieb
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Review
By A Potterhead
When I first came to Newspaper, I was shy
and quiet for a week or so, but now two
years later I have the won award and I am
going for my leaders. Newspaper is an
activity where you play Hippo Golf and
have fun. Also at Newspaper, you hang out
with the amazing Seth Davis and Julie
Foster. The main part of Newspaper is you
write articles off the top of your head and
they have competitions which are
awesome and fun. I love Newspaper and
Seth and Julie. You should join Newspaper.
You will love it.
This new Harry Potter play has a huge reputation to live
up to. Between Albus’s first day at Hogwarts, to the end
of the script, we can say that this new addition to the
series was a success. J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne, and John
Tiffany have created a masterpiece that leaves you
wanting more. The jaw dropping plot is as twisted as
the heart of the new antagonist. New and old meet
together in this to create a new fan favourite.
The BEST Gameshow Activity
By Sea Ray
I love Gameshow and have done it every year I
could, and I fell like it all comes down to one game
that I feel is the best. Balderdash has always been
my favourite. Matt gives us a noun: either initials,
laughable laws, and unknown words. In groups of
three, attempt to create a realistic (or not so
realistic) description. Then Matt read everyone’s
interpretations we all vote the one, as a group, we
think is real. Only ONE answer is real. The group’s
card with the most votes wins the round. And an
extra point if you guessed the real one correctly.
Take Gameshow…it rocks!
An Interview with Neil DeGrasse Tyson
By Max Mandel
Today at Newspaper we had a special guest,
Neil DeGrasse Tyson! I decided to interview
him!
Q: Are you Neil DeGrasse Tyson?
A: No. I’m a squirrel in disguise.
Q: Are you working with that scoundrel, the
table?
A: No….
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Q: What is your favourite movie?
A: We are all meaningless specks in this
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even impact that. With our meaningless speck
lives….does it even matter?
A place to make lifelong memories with your
cabin!
Q: You still haven’t answered the question.
A: The Martian was pretty good.
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Horoscopes
Max Gross is here to tell your future…will he be right?
Aries (March 21-April 20)
One Maca, two Maca, three Macarena!
Taurus (April 21-May 20)
Watch the movie Mean Girls
Gemini (May 21-June 21)
Nature’s first green is gold. Her hardest hive to hold. Her early leaf’s a flower. But only so an
hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief. So down sank down to day. Nothing gold
can stay. –Robert Frost
Cancer (June 22-July 22)
Taste the Rainbow. (Sponsored by Skittles™)
Leo (July 23-August 23)
SDRAWKCAB SIHT DAER
Virgo (August 24-September 23)
Don’t trust raccoons
Libra (September 24-October 23)
Grow a mullet
Scorpio (October 24-November 22)
I’m a general…weeeeeeee
Sagittarius (November 23-December 21)
Never gonna give you up, never get let you down
Capricorn (December 22-January 20)
Beavers build dams
Aquarius (January 21-February 18)
Don’t touch the rice
Pisces (February 19-March 20)
Turn the paper all the way around
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